Electrical Trenching Approved

Josh went out Monday and laid the conduit for the electrical line and the phone line.  He was able to call the utility company and have someone come out and inspect it on the same day.

The line was approved! 

Then, the same day, they back filled the trenches.

Jeff started on the pad!

When we went out yesterday, they had made a lot of progress.

Here's the view of the new driveway, with the turnout for the big trucks.

Since our lot is sloped, they are doing a bit of reshaping, so that rain water won't run towards the house. 

Josh met the electrician and talked through the next steps.

We need to put up an "H" frame for the permanent meter, then the electrician will install the meter.

After dinner, Josh started to build the frame.  He's hoping to get it out and set today.

I took this picture right before we left.

It is truly amazing how quickly the site is progressing.

Oh, and our building permit was approved!   Yeah!!

Trenches, Rocks and Permits oh my!

So much has happened so quickly!

First, our sanitation permit (septic system) was approved on 3/16.

We were assigned an address - 4/1  who knew it took so long to create an address!

We finally had a small break in the rain, it was long enough for Jeff, our excavator, to start on the driveway and the trenching for electrical and phone.

We went out on Saturday.

It was so exciting to see SOMETHING happening!

This is the view from where the garage will be. 

Now, a couple of shots of the trenches

This shot gives you a sense of scale - that's me peering into the water-filled hole.

And here's the progress shot:

Yeah! things are a-happening!

Update

Today we had our permit review meeting with the county.  Sandra from Adair was there and had all the information the county needed.  We applied for the building permit and the septic permit.  We also applied for an address, which should take a couple of weeks.

Turnaround time on the permits is about 4 weeks.

We should have the site prep done by then....

if it would ever stop raining...